Pesticide & Herbicide Application

Thread: DEC must be bored?

The other day I was driving around with my lesco salt spreader on the back of my truck (I salted some lots last week and havent taken it off yet) and I heard a siren, I look behind me and there is an unmarked with its lights blaring. Im thinking oh S#it its a cop he must have seen I didnt have my seat belt on. So he comes up flashing his badge and says hes DEC. He says "Do you have any pesticides in your lesco spreader?" I go "No, its a salt spreader for salting parking lots", He says "Oh", He says "do you have any pesticides on board" I say "No" he says "OK Good Day". This moron thought my salt spreader was for doing lawns, like I drive my truck across peoples lawns, yeah right! I guess they have nothing else to do.

I also work in NY, certified applicator, we bought those spreader racks that plug into the hitch of your truck. much easier than loading it into the back of a pickup, and we found out the hard way, while driving down the road the spreader had to be entirely empty - even w/ just straight fert in it w/ a shower cap covering it.
Alittle more work w/ each stop.